Save the Children recruits 01 Southern Africa Senior Business Development Manager
Southern Africa Senior Business Development Manager
ROLEPURPOSE
The Southern Africa Senior Business Development Manager is asenior position, supporting three country offices (Zambia, Zimbabwe andMozambique) to achieve their strategic funding ambitions. The position isstrategically designed to support in-country business development and portfolioplanning teams, while providing cross-learning and support to all threecountries. There is a strong capacitybuilding component to the role.
The Senior Business Development Manager will support donorlandscape studies with each country office to identify donor trends, ensure thedevelopment of a high-quality funding strategy for the 2019-2021 strategic planperiod in each country, facilitate structured donor engagement in each country,track and identify donor opportunities, and coordinate and write proposals forlarge, competitive funding opportunities when requested. The position requiresinnovative thinking and creativity to package our programme strategies in waysthat attract the right donor support and grow our portfolio strategically andsustainably.
Recognising that many conversations with donors involve a reviewor update around current awards as well as discussions about new opportunities,the Senior Business Development Manager will also be expected to remaininformed about the progress of Save the Children’s programming, CommonApproaches and evidence generation.
The position requires regular travel in Southern Africa.
SKILLS& QUALIFICATIONS
QUALIFICATIONS
Humanitarian/developmentprofessional with a relevant Masters’ Degree or equivalent professional experience.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
Recommended 7 years’ experience in bothemergency and development contexts, preferably with solid experience in newbusiness development
Excellent coordination andinterpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly andeffectively at all levels.
Excellent representation, presentationand communication skills.
Experience in coordinating developmentof large-scale or strategic proposals, including the development ofmulti-million-dollar project budgets. Specific experience with US and UKgovernment programming.
Experience writing gendertransformative proposals, and/or integrating gender effectively in design.
Highly developed cultural awareness andability to work well in an international environment with people from diversebackgrounds and cultures.
Strong results orientation, with theability to challenge existing mindsets.
Experience of solving complex issuesthrough analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in fromall teams.
Ability to present complex informationin a succinct and compelling manner.
Ability and willingness to dramaticallychange work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in theevent of emergencies.
Fluency in English, both verbal andwritten, required.
Strong editing skills.
Commitment to Save the Children values,including willingness to abide by and enforce the Child Safeguarding policy.
Desirable
Significantexperience in the region
Contract length: 12 months
THEORGANISATION
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work onthe ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or thosethat need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaignand advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and toensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treatschildren by 2030:
No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization and that ouremployees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with acollaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrityare highly valued.
ApplicationInformation:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a singledocument. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salaryexpectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflectsour commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Job description:
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Closing date: 14 Mar 2019
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Department: Funding
Type: Fixed-term contract
Schedule: Full-time